Toilet-case.



B. B. PIKE.

V TOILET OASE; APPLIOA TION FILED JUNE 15, 1907. RENEWED JUNE 14, 1909.

"928,694. Patented July'20, 1909.

, N l VJTNES [NI/ENTOR M Attorney UNITED STATES liATENT oFF oE.

EDWIN BERTRAM PIKE, OFPIKENEW HAMPSHIRE.

TOILE T-CASE To all 'whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, EDWIN BERTRAM PIKE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Pike, in the county of Grafton, State of New Hampshire, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in' Toilet-Cases, of whichthe following is a description, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, forming a part hereof.

The object of my invention is to provide a convenient and attractivetoilet case designed to be supported upon a side wall and adapted forcontaining neckties, collar buttons, scarf pins, cufis, gloves, andsimilar artlcles of mens personal wear; the con struction andarrangement of the case being such that the various articles containedtherein will be readily accessible when the case is open; and which casemay be closed to protect the articles therein from dust and when closedwill be compact and will occu y a minimum amount of space, whereby thecase may be readily packed in a trunk or similar article of baggage fortransportation.

With the above object in view my invention consists in the toilet caseillustrated in the accompanyin drawing, described in the following speci'cation, and particularly claimed in the concluding claims.

The accompanying drawing is a perspective view of my toilet case openedin order to illustrate the various parts thereof and their relation oneto another.

The main or body portion of my device is of shallow box-like formcomprising a bottom or back portion 1 and side portions 2, 3 and asecured thereto, these side portions being made preferably of wood andthe back portion of heavy paste-board or other like material of suitablestrength and stiffness, the whole of the exterior of the case beingcovered with leather or other suitable covering material whereby anattractive case is produced.

5 is a supporting and fastening flap secured to the body portion by aflexible hinge connection at 6 formed by an extension of the covering ofthe case, said flap being of stiff material and being. covered byextensions of the covering of the body portion of the case. This flapportion 5 is provided with two eyelets 7, 8, whereby the whole caseSpecification of Letters Patent.

Application filed June 1 5, 1907, Serial No. 379,167.

:of the body portion, said when open, and terial covered by extendingportions of said lining Patented July 20, 1909.

Renewed June 14, 1909. Serial No. 502,161.

may be hung up in a vertical positionagainst a wall, the flexible hinge6 serving as a support for the case.

9 is the cover of my toilet case formed of stifi' material and coveredupon its outer surface by an extending portion of the covering coveringforming a flexible hinge portion at 10, thus permitting the said coverto be folded over the body portion and to form a dust proof closuretherefor. It will be understood that when the case is hung up against awall the cover thereof will open downwardly, and that when the case istaken down and closed for transportation the flap 5 may be folded overthe upper edge of the cover and secured thereto by a suitable separablefastening device, for which purpose I employ the form of fasteningdevice commonly used on gloves, one member thereof being shown at 11,and the other member being located at the upper end of said cover andupon the exterior surface thereof. The cover 9 is of such length thatthe upper edge thereof will pass by but be in close proximity with theside portion 3 when the case is closed, and 12 and 13 are suitablebuttons carried by the side 3 and adapted to swing over the upper end ofthe cover 9 and secure it in a closed position independent of the flap5, these buttons serving as the securing means for the cover while thecase is supported by the flap 5.

I line the interior of my toilet case and the inner surface of the coverthereof with silk so as to present an attractive appearance 1 1 is apartition of stiff maand flexibly secured thereto'along its lower edgeat 15, so that said partition may be folded upon the back portion 1 andsecured in place by separable fastening members 16 and 17; or may bereleased an the cover 9 when the case is open.

18 and 19 are two swinging arms of rec tangular form as shown and madeof wire or tubing. These arms are secured at the upper ends of the sideportions 2 and 4 by suitable hinges '20, 21; and they may be swung outat right angles to the case when it is supported in a vertical position.These arms aredesigned tosupport neckties or similar articles, and to beswung. inward d dropped down against the inner surface of against theportion 14 after it has been secured in place by the fastening members16, 17, after which the cover 9 may be closed over the arms and articlessupported by them, thereby protecting the whole contents of the casefrom dust. V

22 is a cushion or similar device attached to the interior of the caseand designed to receive scarf-pins, and 23, 2a are flaps forming asupport for collar buttons, both as indicated in the drawing.

25, 26, 27, and 28 are elastic bands secured to the interior of the caseand cover and serving as supporting means for cuffs, gloves,lnmdkerchiefs, etc. as will be understood.

The terms inside, interior etc. as used herein have their ordinarysignificance The terms downwardly opening and outwardly swinging andsimilar terms are used with reference to the case when it is hung upagainst a side wall by the supporting flap 5.

Having thus described my invention, I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent:

1. In a toilet case, a body portion; a supporting member secured to theupper end of said body portion; a downwardly opening cover hinged at thelower end of said body portion; and an outwardly swinging arm hinged tosaid body portion adjacent the upper end thereof, the arrangement ofsaid parts being such that said arm when swung inward will be covered bysaid cover when the case is closed.

2. In a toilet case, a body portion of boxlike form comprising a backportion and side portions secured thereto; a supporting member securedto the upper end of said body portion; a downwardly opening cover hingedat the lower end of said body portion; and outwardly swinging armshinged to the side port-ions of said body adjacent the upper endsthereof and adapted to swing within said body portion and to be coveredby said cover when the case is closed.

3. In a toilet case, a body portion; a supporting flap at the upper endof said body portion; a flexible connection between said body portionand said flap; a downwardly opening cover flexibly secured to the lowerend of said body portion, the arrangement of said parts being such thatwhen the case is closed said flap may be folded over so as to overliethe free end of said cover; fastening means for securing said flaprandthe free end of said cover together; and an outwardly swinging armhinged to said body portion adjacent the upper end thereof and adaptedto be covered by said cover when the case is closed.

a. In a toilet case, a body portion; a supporting flap at the upper endof said body portion; a flexible connection between said body portionand said flap; a downwardly opening cover flexibly S cured tothe lowerendof said body portion, the arrangement of said parts being such thatwhen the case is closes said flap may be folded over so as to overliethe free end of said cover; fastening means for securing said flap andthe free end of said cover together; an outwardly swinging arm hinged tosaid body portion adjacent the upper end thereof and adapted to becovered by said cover when the case is closed; and a partition hinged tosaid body portion and adapted to lie within said body portion when thecase is closed.

5. In a toilet case, a body portion of boxlike form comprising a backportion and side portions secured thereto; a supporting flap at theupper end'of said body portion; a flexible connection between said bodyportion and said flap; a downwardly opening cover flexibly secured tothe lower end of said body portion, the arrangement of said partsbeing-such that when the case is closed said flap may be folded over soas to overlie the free end of said cover; fastening means for securingsaid flap and the free end of said cover together; and outwardly swinginarms hinged to the side portions of saic body adjacent the upper endsthereof and adapted to swing within said body portion and to be coveredby said cover when the case is closed.

6. In a toilet case, a body portion of boxlike form comprising a backportion and side portions secured thereto; a supporting flap at theupper end of said body portion; a flexible connection between said bodyportion and said flap; a downwardly opening cover flexibly secured tothe lower end of said body portion, the arrangement of said parts beingsuch that when the case is closed said flap may be folded over so as tooverlie the free end of said cover; fastening means for securing saidflap and the free end of said cover together; outwardly swinging armshinged to the side portions of said body adjacent the upper ends thereofand adapted to swing within said body portion and to be covered by saidcover when the case is closed;

and an outwardly swinging partition hinged to said body portion at thelower end thereof and adapted to lie within said body portion when thecase is closed.

7. In a toilet case, a body portion; a supporting member secured to theupper end of said body portion; a downwardly opening cover hinged at thelower end of said body portion; an outwardly swinging arm hinged to saidbody portion adjacent to the upper end thereof; and a partition hingedto said body portion, the arrangement of said parts being such that saidarm and partition when swung inward will be covered by said cover whenthe case is closed.

8. In a toilet case, a body portion; a supporting member secured to theupper end of said body portion; a downwardly opening cover hinged at thelower end of said body portion; and outwardly swinging arms each made ofwire bent into rectangular form hinged to said body portion adjacent tothe upper end thereof, the arrangement of said parts being such thatsaid arms when swung 1 inward will be covered by said cover when thecase is closed. 7 10 This specification signed and witnessed thisfourteenth day of June A. D. 1907.

EDWIN BERTRAM PIKE. In the presence of- J. C. FOLEY, E. W. JENKINS.

